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We are the New York staff of @OxUniPress , the world’s largest academic press. We are standing together to achieve equity, stability, & dignity. #UnionizeUP
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The OUP USA Guild is proud to announce that it has signed our first contract with
@OxUniPress
! This is a landmark day in the 500 year history of the Press and for the labor movement. Read along for a list of some of our wins! (1/x)
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We, the workers of Oxford University Press USA, are forming a union! We are excited to join 24,000+ workers at
@newsguild
& for the opportunities ahead. Support us in our campaign for voluntary recognition by liking, retweeting, and sharing our platform!
#OUPUSAGuild
#UnionizeUP
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WE WON!!!!! Of the counted ballots, 80% of people voted YES!!!! We are a certified
#union
!
#OUPUSAGuild
#OUPisUnionStrong
#WeAreOUP
#UnionStrong
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We the employees of the
@OxUniPress
(OUP) New York office are forming a labor union through the
@newsguild
. We are taking this step to advocate for ourselves and for the future of this company, and we are asking for management’s voluntary recognition.
#UnionizeUP
#OUPUSAGuild
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We, the members of the OUP USA Guild, are calling upon our colleagues and authors to take a stand against the upcoming publication of “Gender-Critical Feminism”. Sign the petition below (OUP employees and authors only).
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Myth: Forming a union will turn over of the right to deal with OUP individually to a third party.
Fact: WE are the union! There is no third party. Employees will still be able to deal with OUP on an individual basis; the union will have a say in decisions that affect *everyone.*
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Our demands are simple:
-Job security in a diverse workplace
-Dignified compensation keeping pace w/ cost of living
-Defined job responsibilities
-Improved career development & evaluative processes
-Formal recourse to address longstanding issues of sexual harassment & layoffs
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🚨URGENT CALL TO ACTION🚨
We learned that OUP has hired a notorious and expensive union-busting law firm, Jackson Lewis, in response to our union effort, with the aim of sowing fear, mistrust, and division among staff. 🧵
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Today, June 18, we are on strike!
#OUPIsUnionStrong
#FairContractNow
#OUPstrike
#unionstrong
#solidarityseason
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This union is made up of people who love OUP and are committed to building and improving this historic institution. In light of changes across the publishing industry, we see collective bargaining as the best way to preserve a strong, vibrant company for years to come.
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We have come together from across the company's departments to improve our conditions collectively. Forming a union will enable us, and future OUP employees, to advocate for changes in staff conditions to make the company a stronger and more sustainable institution.
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Yesterday, OUP management confirmed they will not voluntarily recognize the union, citing the desire for a truly democratic process and the chance for every eligible employee's voice to be heard. 🧵
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Let’s be clear:
We believe in
@OxUniPress
and its mission; we want it to succeed. But we also recognize a need for critical changes at this moment in the company's history. All we hope for is the cooperation of senior management in this process.
#OUPUSAGuild
#RecognizeOurGuild
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The amazing people who make up
@DUPWorkersUnion
inspired us during the home stretch of our organizing drive. We are SO EXCITED to help change
#publishing
for the better alongside them!!!
#UnionStrong
#UnionizeUP
Congratulations to
@oupusaguild
on their incredible victory!! One step closer to transforming the publishing industry for the better.
#UnionizeUP
💪
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As an academic publisher with a history dating back to 1586, OUP stands in a privileged position to lead the industry by example, inspiring progress among its peers. In this spirit and that of solidarity & integrity, we form our union with the
@NewsGuild
.
#OUPUSAGuild
#UnionizeUP
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Only we, the workers, can make OUP’s mission a reality. A union will improve company morale, management/staff relations, and the quality of our work by giving us a collective voice in decisions that directly affect us, our work, and our mission.
#OUPUSAGuild
#UnionizeUP
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As employees of Oxford University Press, we are honored to uphold the company’s mission of furthering excellence in academic publishing. We believe in publishing educational materials that are accessible for everyone, prioritizing scholarship over profit.
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Whether you have published with OUP or not, please join the list of academics and authors who support the OUP USA unionization campaign. ✊
#OUPUSAGuild
#UnionizeUP
#RecognizeOurGuild
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Since unionizing is inherently a democratic effort, who are we to argue? We are confident that the support we already have -- over 70% of eligible employees -- will remain strong until our vote is held in a few weeks... (2/3)
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We're stronger together!
In addition to the amazing group of people picketing outside of the NY office, we also have 60+ remote workers on strike ✊
#OUPIsUnionStrong
#FairContractNow
#OUPstrike
#unionstrong
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Today was our first day of
#bargaining
with management for a fair contract for OUP USA employees! We’ve worked so hard to get to this stage and are so excited to enter this next step of the union process. Follow along via our socials to stay in the loop!
#UnionizeUP
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Our priorities are intended to ensure the sustainability of OUP’s centuries-long legacy and to serve as a model for fairness and stability across the industry. We hope to prove that bookmakers deserve more for their often overworked, underpaid efforts.
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ICYMI: We are organizing with the
@newsguild
, a reigstered 501(c) nonprofit that represents our press & publishing comrades at
@bfnewsunion
,
@thenationunion
,
@NYTimesGuild
, Associated Press & The Guardian,
@VersoBooksGuild
& nearly 300 more media and nonprofit organizations. Why?
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Overwhelmingly, we are unionizing because we care about our company✊, believe in our mission📚, & love our colleagues and want the absolute best for them🥰
We asked our supporters what they're most excited for. Here are some of their answers. 🧵
@OxUniPress
#RecognizeOurGuild
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Show your support to our fellow academic publishing workers!! They need help to stop the frivolous slowing of their unionization process by Duke management. Sign below:
🚨 ACTION NEEDED 🚨 We need as many people as possible to sign this letter urging Duke management to drop objections & challenges to our democratic union election. This is a real way to show solidarity. Please sign & signal-boost to your networks!
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If you, like many in publishing, have questions about how unionizing, we are here to be a resource! Today's thread 🧵 will address some of our most commonly asked questions. Check out our website for more information:
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Last week, we presented a proposal for OUP to offer paid leave to employees seeking gender affirming or reproductive care in states where access has been criminalized by the recent Dobbs v. Jackson decision and anti-trans legislature.
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📢We need your help! OUP Mgmt has announced they will give us an update on where they stand this Thursday AM. Before then, we need as much support as possible! Here are the key🔑 actions you can take.
OUP authors/contributors: peep that last point 👀
#WeAreOUP
#RecognizeOurGuild
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“I am unionizing because I believe in having stability and diversity at our company. I believe that the work we do at OUP has great value. Our day-to-day lives should reflect that, and the best way to achieve that is through a union.”
— Danny, Journals Production
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.
#Publishing
is an industry largely restricted to the elite and the rich -- people who can afford to work for low pay, or people who already have literary connections. That needs to change to reflect the diversity of our readers *and* the world we live in.
#DiversityMatters
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With more than 70% of eligible employees in support of the
#OPUUSAGuild
, we still hope that
@OUPAcademic
@OxUniPress
mgmt will voluntarily recognize us. Please sign our Demand for Voluntary Recognition so we can start building a stronger, better OUP.
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We'd like to send a massive thank you to everyone who has supported us so far! From other unions to authors to former OUP employees to our colleagues in other offices, support has poured in from every direction and we couldn't be more grateful. The campaign continues!
#WeAreOUP
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Vote YES for OUP USA Guild! ☑️ Yesterday, the
@NLRB
mailed out our union ballots to all eligible voters. When we vote YES, we are voting for an equal voice in our workplace. A unionized
@OxUniPress
will have a meaningful and positive impact on education throughout the world. 📚🌍
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"[OUP USA Guild] now become members of the News Media Guild Local 31222, which also represents journalists, technicians, and support personnel at Associated Press, The Guardian-US, the Spanish-language EFE News Service, and United Press International." ✊
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YES!!! Send your congratulations to our friends at Duke University Press for winning their election 👏👏
After the final 3 votes in our election were counted this morning, we can confirm that we won our election!! The process isn't over yet, but we're beyond excited & we're ready to work toward making a better
@DukePress
!
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As OUP employees, our mission -- publishing accessible educational materials and putting scholarship above profit -- is our priority. Unionizing will allow us to more sustainably work towards that mission.
Will you sign our Demand for Recognition?
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@V21collective
@newsguild
@DUPWorkersUnion
Yes, thanks for asking! Any academics or authors, whether they've published with OUP or not, can sign here!
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Read more about the status of our collective bargaining, ULPs, and our plans to act.
#OUPIsUnionStrong
Workers at Oxford University Press are threatening to strike, alleging the publishing house is deliberately moving jobs abroad, have stonewalled the union in salary negotiations, amid other unfair labor practices.
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An update on bargaining from the OUP USA Guild. 🧵 This February marks two years of collective bargaining with
@oupacademic
. During that time we’ve been able to reach tentative agreements with the Employer that will, once the CBA is ratified, (1/10)
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Our colleague Leslie Johnson is unionizing to improve racial and cultural diversity and wages, to assure more dignity in the way staff are treated, and to hold OUP accountable for taking swift and meaningful action on issues from diversity to harassment.
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Hey Guild members! Our ballot count is next Friday 🥳🥳🥳
Join us on the video call to watch our ballots be counted LIVE!!! Isn’t democracy exciting?!
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The OUP USA Guild was just informed that the
@NLRB
will issue complaints against
@OUPAcademic
on six instances of Oxford moving bargaining unit work out of the bargaining unit. 1/2
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Here is another petition made by
@zugenia
The letter is now available to read and sign here:
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"I am unionizing for more inclusion, more diversity, more transparency, and more accountability from OUP."
-- Andrew Jung, Senior Project Editor
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We’re conducting in-person bargaining with
@OxUniPress
in New York this week! We’re so proud to be representing current and future Guild members! We will continue to send updates, but for now let’s remember that
#OUPIsUnionStrong
✊💪
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The freelancers & contractors we work with--from editorial to production to design to marketing--depend on us, the ground workers at OUP, to keep their workflow strong. By unionizing, we hope to reduce turnover and keep these valuable partnerships strong & long-lasting.
#WeAreOUP
As a freelance editor, I support
@oupusaguild
because I want academic publishing to be a more equitable and sustainable industry.
@OxUniPress
@OUPAcademic
@OUPMusic
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According to the Employer, OUP is a charity when paying its employees and a commercially viable business when paying its CEO.
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We are asking for voluntary recognition from
@OxUniPress
by Friday, so we need your support now!
Researchers, academics, & authors (OUP-affiliated or not!) can sign our petition. Please also share with colleagues/friends not on Twitter!
#UnionizeUP
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Happy Labor Day from your friends at the OUP USA guild! We’re sending love and solidarity to workers worldwide as we all fight together for a better future. 💪💪💪
#UnionStrong
#StrongerTogether
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So, you're a supporter of the
#OUPUSAGuild
and you are wondering how to help? Sign our Demand for Voluntary Recognition!
(It's different from our Letter of Support for academics and researchers we circulated last week because ANYONE can sign this!)
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Finally,
#OUPUSAGuild
has the support of an overwhelming majority of eligible workers. If senior mgmt does not voluntarily recognize us, we will proceed to a union election. Together, we can make OUP not only the largest, but the best publisher in the world!
#RecognizeOurGuild
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Last week, our union participated in bargaining sessions with the press and staged a one-day ULP strike to protest the many unfair labor practices that OUP has committed against us. Thanks to all who came out and to those who continue to support us!
#unionstrong
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📢📢Recognize our right to form a union!
We are asking
@OxUniPress
@OUPAcademic
management to voluntarily
#RecognizeOurGuild
and faithfully bargain alongside us, the workers. We initially asked to be recognized voluntarily by today -- there's still time!
#WeAreOUP
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Town halls: Nope.
Employee Engagement Forum: Still nope.
Union: Yep.😎
A recognized union is the only path to real recourse!
#RecognizeOurGuild
#OUPUSAGuild
#UnionizeUP
#1u
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Did you hear the news? ✊ We are asking for voluntary recognition by tomorrow, so we can begin building a more equitable, constructive work environment ASAP!
@OxUniPress
@OUPAcademic
@UniofOxford
@OxfordNA
#RecognizeOurGuild
#OUPUSAGuild
#UnionizeUP
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Amazing, inspirational! Congratulations to the
@newyorkerunion
for sticking out the long haul. The whole media landscape will benefit from your determination!
BREAKING: We have averted a strike! After more than two and a half years of negotiations,
@newyorkerunion
,
@p4kunion
, and
@ars_union
are proud to announce that we have reached an agreement in principle on our first contracts. Here are some of our wins:
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When halves of entire teams (or more) are laid off at
@OxUniPress
, the work is always redistributed to remaining teammates at OUP -- without extra compensation. Time management skills don't fix the problem of 1 person doing 3x a normal workload!
#UnionizeUP
#WeAreOUP
#UnionStrong
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Hey OUP family, support our fellow academic
#publishing
workers at
@DUPWorkersUnion
! I just signed the 1,005th letter of support... what number will you be? 👀
Over the past few days, you all sent more than SIX HUNDRED emails to Duke & DUP management urging them to respect the results of our election! 🙌 We're incredibly grateful for your support. If you haven't signed yet, there's still time:
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An OUP employee making the current minimum salary of $40,000 a year (before deductions) would spend 69% of their income to legally rent a one bedroom apartment at the average rate in Queens, the 2nd most populous borough in NY.
#WeDeserveALivingWage
#OUPIsUnionStrong
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Over 300 amazing, incredible, SUPPORTIVE academics have already signed our letter to management. Will you join their ranks and let OUP know the
#OUPUSAGuild
has your support?
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It's amazing to have the support of prospective
@OxUniPress
authors!
Researchers, academics, and authors (OUP-affiliated or not!) can sign a statement to management here:
Do prospective authors who care about labor politics know about the unionization efforts currently underway at Duke UP and Oxford UP? Follow
@DUPWorkersUnion
&
@oupusaguild
to keep an eye on how things develop. I know I will be watching closely
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We're excited to unionize so we can earn fair compensation for the value we provide to the company, thus allowing us to help sustain OUP into the future!
#WeAreOUP
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We are excited to work with
@OxUniPress
@OUPAcademic
management to reach these terms, so that we can be better equipped to further our shared mission of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
#OUPUSAGuild
#RecognizeOurGuild
#UnionizeUP
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We join over 24,000 workers from across the media and nonprofit industries in solidarity, to support and collaborate for the good of our industry. Our bond with media workers will never be stronger, bringing the possibilities of prosperous new collaborations.
#UnionizeUP
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"We need a union right now so that we don’t have any more layoffs, so we can have even a little bit of transparency, and to improve diversity and inclusion."
-- Matt Vitale, Assistant Editor, Reference
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Congratulations to the unionizing workers of Greenlight Bookstores in Brooklyn!! And good on Greenlight management for voluntarily recognizing the effort 🎉✊📚
via
@publisherswkly
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We're excited about unity among us and the opportunity to lead the way in improving working conditions across the
#publishing
industry! ✊🖊️📚
#WeAreOUP
#UnionizeUP
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Our union opens the door to endless possibilities! We are excited to explore the many positives that come with the joy of collective action 🤝✊
#RecognizeOurGuild
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LOL! Would love to see the price they're paying for incompetence instead of just paying their workers fair wages!
EXCLUSIVE: While locked in a contentious battle over tech staffers unionizing, NY Times management’s counsel mistakenly sent its game plan to the union.
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We're excited to unionize so that we can be directly involved in decisions that affect all of us!
#WeAreOUP
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Click to read a personal statement from our esteemed Unit Chair on the heels of his illegal layoff!
#OUPIsUnionStrong
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OUP has denied Guild members the annual raises that have been given to other OUP employees.
#OUPIsUnionStrong
#FairContractNow
#OUPstrike
#unionstrong
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Improving
#DiversityandInclusion
at OUP isn't just about hiring policies -- it's also about guaranteeing livable salaries and dignified benefits.
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Click to view the OUP USA Guild's press release regarding the recent layoff of our Unit Chair:
#OUPIsUnionStrong
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The employer, across multiple instances, hired people outside of the Guild’s jurisdiction after bargaining unit members left the company. If this practice is allowed to continue, the very existence of the Guild is threatened.
#OUPIsUnionStrong
#FairContractNow
#unionstrong
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Finally,
#OUPUSAGuild
has the support of an overwhelming majority of eligible workers. If senior mgmt does not voluntarily recognize us, we will proceed to a union election. Together, we can make OUP not only the largest, but the best publisher in the world!
#RecognizeOurGuild
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With only 11 days until the
@NLRB
mails out our election ballots, we're continuing to highlight some of the issues we want to tackle at
@OxUniPress
. For the next week, our theme is: Improving
#DiversityandInclusion
!
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We're excited to unionize to have our needs met by OUP, and to build upon the sense of community we already have as a mission-based organization!
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So proud of our colleagues at Condé Nast going public with their union! Solidarity with the employees fighting for a better workplace 💪
#UnionStrong
We want to create a better, more equitable workplace at
@condenast
. So today we're uniting in solidarity to
#UnionizeConde
. We ask management to swiftly and voluntarily recognize our union. Find out more about supporting our union at
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For
@OxUniPress
, D&I is just one of many initiatives about workplace culture. For us in the Guild, it is absolutely core to our mission and to OUP's mission. Today, we're posting some testimonials as to why
#DiversityandInclusion
is so important to us.
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By representing OUP, Jackson Lewis has now extended its anti-unionism into
#publishing
.
We need you to tell OUP: fire Jackson Lewis immediately. Union-busting has no place in higher ed or academic publishing, ESPECIALLY when OUP's mission is to place scholarship over profit.
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Today, Employee Appreciation Day, as paychecks cleared and our rent/mortgage payments were withdrawn, the Bargaining Unit was met with an email from
@OUPAcademic
debating our understanding of their recent denial of raises for bargaining unit members:🧵 1/
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As the largest university press in the world,
@OxUniPress
is responsible for accurately reflecting its global readership. As a union, we will ensure OUP truly prioritizes
#DiversityandInclusion
when hiring staff, commissioning authors, & developing content.
#RepresentationMatters
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That would be amazing!!!
Great to see!
@GC_CUNY
shares our building with the OU Press NYC offices, so let's have a cross-union building-wide picnic! Cc:
@psccunygc
@DistCouncil37
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OUP threatened to discipline a Guild member for using an email signature that expressed disapproval of a bigoted author.
#OUPIsUnionStrong
#OUPstrike
#UnfairLaborPractice
#unionstrong
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We're excited to unionize to advance diversity at OUP, improve worker retention and promotion processes, and achieve fair wages!
#WeAreOUP
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Thank you Abby! We couldn't be here today without all the support we've had in the years it's taken us to get here. ✊
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6 executives make more than the cost of the Guild's latest salary counter for our entire 150 member BU. The 10 highest paid executives at the University and Press made in 1 year nearly 6 times what the Employer is proposing to invest in the BU over 3 years.
#OUPIsUnionStrong
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Calling all friends and supporters!! 📢
We are having a public rally via Zoom TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 1! DM this account for the link to register -- it's open to anyone and everyone! We will be celebrating our progress and rallying support for the final push!
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We are excited for the positivity to our effort and acknowledgement from management!
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That's all for now, folks! Again, we are hoping management will voluntarily recognize this. We've been given a timeframe of sometime next week to hear more info, so please keep up the support! Spread the word beyond Twitter if you can.
#RecognizeOurGuild
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And another update... ⏮️Last week, we sent a list of ground rules to
@oxunipress
management in the hopes of ensuring a fair and consistent election. If this were a true democratic election, both parties would have equal time and opportunity to speak. However... 🧵
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Our
#Union
will push for
#DiversityandInclusion
across areas, embedding D&I as a core part of OUP's functions -- from hiring practices to compensation to commissioning authors/books/online products to accessibility.
#RepresentationMatters
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It's voting time!🗳️ Some of you will receive a ballot with two questions on it instead of one. Check out the election guide in your email for more details on this distinction, but to be clear: we seek one unit, one union. We are advising our supporters to vote "yes"!
#UnionizeUP
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Many of us worry about job security not because of personal or company performance, but because OUP's layoffs are sudden and nearly always create much more work for remaining colleagues. This needs to change.
#UnionizeUP
#WeAreOUP
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How can you help? Please take a moment to sign our petition, calling on the leadership of
@oupacademic
to pay their employees a living wage. With your help we can show management that
#OUPIsUnionStrong
! (10/10)
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Our publications lead by example in scholarship. We seek to lead the industry by example by achieving job security in a diverse workplace, dignified salary & benefits, clear job responsibilities & workloads, improved career progression, & comprehensive action against harassment.
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